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EAST CAROLINA PIRATES 2014 SEASON - WEEK 4 @ MEMPHIS

Posted on December 16, 2019 at 08:51 AM.

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ITS WEEK 4 AND THE PIRATES ARE ONCE AGAIN ON THE ROAD IN THIS BACK TO BACK EFFORT. AFTER LEAVING THE SUPERDOME WITH A VICTORY AGAINST THE TULANE GREEN WAVE, ITS TIME TO TRAVEL TO A CITY OF GOOD TUNES AND GOOD FOOD AND TAKE ON THE TIGERS OF MEMPHIS!

WARREN SABA WILL BE BACK ON THE FIELD AFTER MISSING THE LAST GAME DUE TO SUSPENSION. A COUPLE OF INJURY NOTES FROM LAST WEEKS GAME ALSO, WITH ALEX ANGUS BREAKING HIS THUMB (MISSING THIS GAME AGAINST MEMPHIS AND POSSIBLY SOME EXTENDED TIME) AND O LINEMAN MATT MORGAN WITH A FOOT CONTUSION ONLY MISSED A SERIES SO HE WILL BE A FULL GO FOR THIS GAME AGAINST THE TIGERS.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN THE ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY OF AARON RAMSEUR, DAMEL HICKMAN, AND SEAN BAILEY.

RECRUITS READY TO VISIT!:

SAM DUNLAP - SCATBACK OUT OF SILER CITY, NC
MICHAEL LOTT - TACKLE OUT OF BEAUFORT, NC
CORNELIUS STALLINGS - CENTER OUT OF MARION, NC
BRYAN COLLIER AND BJ MATTHEWS - PUNTERS

MEMPHIS GAME PLAN:

MIKE NORVELL IS STILL AT MEMPHIS RUNNING THE SPREAD OFFENSE AND 4-3 DEFENSE. IN OUR LAST MATCHUP VS MEMPHIS DROVE DOWN THE FIELD IN THE WANING SECONDS OF THE GAME AND SCORED A GO AHEAD FG TO BEAT US 26-24. ITS TIME FOR US TO RETURN THE FAVOR IN THEIR HOME STADIUM.

THE PIRATES WILL NEED A BETTER EFFORT OUT OF HOLTON AHLERS THROUGH THE AIR THIS WEEK, AS LAST WEEK HE HAD 4 TURNOVERS IN A NEAR LOSS VS TULANE.

BRADY WHITE IS BACK FOR HIS SENIOR SEASON FOR THE TIGERS, AND HE HURT THE PIRATES LAST YEAR WITH HIS LEGS SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE GAME. IT WILL BE IMPERATIVE FOR ECU TO STOP HIM FROM SCRAMBLING. THEY ARE DEPLETED AT THE SKILL POSITIONS AS THE TIGERS GRADUATED MANY OF THEIR PLAYERS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, SO THERE WILL BE MORE PRESSURE ON BRADY TO CREATE PLAYS USING HIS FEET. THE TIGERS OLINE IS IMPRESSIVE AND FILLED WITH SENIOR LEADERSHIP THAT SHOULD HELP KEEP A NICE POCKET FOR WHITE. WHAT HE WILL DO WITH THAT POCKET IS YET TO BE SEEN.

THE MEMPHIS DEFENSE IS NOT ONE TO JOKE AROUND ABOUT, WITH THEIR FRONT SEVEN BEING THE MOST IMPRESSIVE FRONT 7 THAT THE PIRATES HAVE FACED THIS YEAR. THE BACK END OF THE MEMPHIS DEFENSE IS LED BY SENIOR CORNERBACK TJ CARTER WHOSE COVERAGE HAS BEEN SO GOOD THIS YEAR, HE HAS RARELY BEEN TARGETED.

THIS GAME LOOKS TO HAVE THE MAKINGS OF A DEFENSIVE BATTLE, AND WHAT ELSE DO YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU ENTER DEEP INTO AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAY!

WEEK 4 GAME @ MEMPHIS:

WHAT WAS SLATED TO BE A DEFENSIVE BATTLE DID NOT LOOK SO IN THE FIRST QUARTER AS BOTH OFFENSES MANAGED TO PUT UP POINTS ON THEIR FIRST DRIVES WITH A 7-3 MEMPHIS LEAD AFTER ONE.

THE REST OF THE GAME HOWEVER UP UNTIL THE 4TH QUARTER WOULD BE DEFENSIVELY A JUGGERNAUT. BOTH TEAMS TRADING BLOWS AND 4TH DOWN STOPS ALL THE WAY INTO THE 4TH QUARTER. MEMPHIS TAKING A 13-10 LEAD INTO THE 4TH WITH 5 MINUTES LEFT TO PLAY AS HOLTON MADE A MISTAKE THAT WOULD NOT BE RELINQUISHED. JUST TWO PLAYS BEFORE HOLTON THREW A PICK SIX, HE MISSED A WIDE OPEN TYLER SNEAD WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A TD, AND A TOTAL MOMENTUM SHIFT. THIS HOWEVER HAS BEEN THE STORY OF HOLTON'S ECU CAREER THUS FAR AS HE HAS 7 INT'S IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS THIS 2014 SEASON.

A LAST DITCH EFFORT BY THE ECU PIRATES AFTER GETTING THE BALL BACK DOWN 23-17 AND A CHANCE AT A HAIL MARY FELL SHORT. ECU IS NOW 1-2 IN AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAY AND THE CHANCE AT AN AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCE IS DWINDLING. COACH FALK CONTINUES TO GET OUT COACHED BY MIKE NORVELL AND THIS HAS PLAGUED HIM IN HIS SHORT CAREER HERE AS THE HEAD COACH AT ECU.

ECU NEEDED TO CUT DOWN ON TURNOVERS THIS GAME IN ORDER TO HAND THE BALL GAME TO THE TIGERS, AND IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AS THE SCHEDULE DOESNT GET ANY EASIER WHEN THE PIRATES RETURN HOME FOR A GAME AGAINST AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOE, HOUSTON.